EcoSpark
About: Through citizen science, EcoSpark leads students and community members on a journey to Discover the beauty of nature, Act through stewardship projects, and inspire Change by sharing information about the health of the world around us. EcoSpark has worked in over 30 watersheds across the GTA and beyond, connecting youth and community members to their local environments through hands-on citizen science. Results from our programs have provided local data for hundreds of research projects.
Opportunities: Volunteer opportunities, Educational opportunities, Events, Corporate opportunities, Teacher training and grade 6-12 student sessions
Learn more: www.ecospark.ca
Contact: [email protected], (647) 258-3280
Ontario Rivers Alliance
About: The Ontario Rivers Alliance is a grassroots not-for-profit volunteer organization with a mission to protect, conserve and restore riverine ecosystems, and to ensure that development affecting Ontario rivers is environmentally and socially sustainable. Healthy Rivers - Healthy Communities.
Opportunities: Volunteer opportunities, Educational opportunities, Events, Action Campaigns
Learn more: http://ontarioriversalliance.ca
Join our E-news list to be part of the Action! https://www.ontarioriversalliance.ca/take-action/#join-our-newsletter
Contact: [email protected]
David Suzuki Foundation
About: Through the award-winning Butterflyway Project, the David Suzuki Foundation's network of keen volunteers have been planting patches of native wildflowers -- and canoe gardens -- along urban river valleys.
Opportunities: Volunteer opportunities
Learn more: www.davidsuzuki.org/butterflyway
Contact: [email protected]
CCR Concerned Citizens of Ramara
About: We are primarily a rural-based environmental group.
Opportunities: Educational opportunities
Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/OurRamara
Contact: [email protected]
Ontario Streams
About: Established in 1995, Ontario Streams is a non-profit environmental charity dedicated to the conservation and rehabilitation of streams and wetlands in Ontario through education and community involvement. Our work aims to restore sensitive species habitat throughout the Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe watersheds, where increasing urbanization in the Greater Toronto Area has threatened the habitat of Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, and the endangered Redside Dace. While working alongside like-minded organizations and dedicated community volunteers, we hope to achieve our mission of healthy streams and wetlands in Ontario for today and tomorrow.
Opportunities: Volunteer opportunities, Educational opportunities, Events, Corporate opportunities
Learn more: www.ontariostreams.on.ca
Contact: [email protected]
Ontario Streams
About: Ontariogreen provides free environmental education in classrooms and communities throughout Southern Ontario. More than 30 different presentations are available for Kindergarten to Grade 8. Presentations are also available to community groups. During COVID, all presentations will be delivered through online meeting platforms.
Opportunities: Educational opportunities
Learn more: www.ontariogreen.ca
Contact: [email protected]
Headwaters: The Ontario Headwaters Insititute
About: Ontariogreen provides free environmental education in classrooms and communities throughout Southern Ontario. More than 30 different presentations are available for Kindergarten to Grade 8. Presentations are also available to community groups. During COVID, all presentations will be delivered through online meeting platforms.
Opportunities: Policy researchers and advocates
Learn more: www.ontarioheadwaters.ca
Contact: [email protected]
Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust
About: The Land Trust works to ensure a healthy ecosystem and natural environment that thrives forever, on and near the Oak Ridges Moraine. We do this through protection of important ecological land and education programming. The Oak Ridges Moraine feeds 65 different rivers and streams flowing north and south into Georgian Bay, Lakes Simcoe, Scugog, Rice and Ontario. These include the Humber, Rouge, Credit, Holland, and Ganaraska Rivers, to name a few.
Opportunities: Volunteer opportunities, Educational opportunities, Events, Corporate opportunities, Land securement and protection
Learn more: https://www.oakridgesmoraine.org/
Contact: Aileen Barclay [email protected] 905-853-3171x30
Cover photo by: Jeff Dickie